Alex deposited goods for which Billy, a warehouseman, issued a negotiable warehouse receipt wherein the goods were deliverable to Alex or order. Alex negotiated the receipt to Caloy. Thereafter, Dario, a creditor, secured judgment against Alex and served notice of levy over the goods on the warehouseman.

(a) To whom should the warehouseman deliver the goods upon demand?

(b) Would your answer be the same if the warehouseman issued a non-negotiable warehouse receipt? Reason briefly.

Diana and Piolo are famous personalities in showbusiness who kept their love affair secret. They use a special instant messaging service which allows them to see one another’s typing on their own screen as each letter key is pressed. When Greg, the controller of the service facility, found out their identities, he kept a copy of all the messages Diana and Piolo sent each other and published them. Is Greg liable for copyright infringement? Reason briefly.

IV.(10%)Alfredo took out a policy to insure his commercial building against fire. The broker for the insurance company agreed to give a 15-day credit within which to pay the insurance premium. Upon delivery of the policy on May 15, 2006, Alfredo issued a postdated check payable on May 30, 2006. On May 28, 2006, a fire broke out and destroyed the building owned by Alfredo.

(a) May Alfredo recover on the insurance policy?

(b) Would your answer in (a) be the same if it was found that the proximate cause of the fire was an explosion and that fire was but the immediate cause of loss and there is no excepted peril under the policy?

(c) If the fire was found to have been caused by Alfredo’s own negligence, can he still recover on the policy?

V.(5%)C contracted D to renovate his commercial building. D ordered construction materials from E and received delivery thereof. The following day, C went to F Bank to apply for a loan to pay for the construction materials. As security for the loan, C was made to execute a trust receipt. One year later, after C failed to pay the balance on the loan, F Bank charged him with violation of the Trust Receipts Law.

VII.(10%)In a stockholders’ meeting, S dissented from the corporate act converting preferred voting shares to nonvoting shares. Thereafter, S submitted his certificates of stock for notation that his shares are dissenting. The next day, S transferred his shares to T to whom new certificates were issued. Now, T demands from the corporation the payment of the value of his shares.

VIII.(10%)Due to growing financial difficulties, Z Bank was unable to finish construction of its 21-storey building on a prime lot located in Makati City. Inevitably, the Bangko Sentral ordered the closure of Z Bank and consequently placed it under receivership. In a bid to save the bank’s property investment, the President of Z Bank entered into a financing agreement with a group of investors for the completion of the construction of the 21-storey building in exchange for a ten-year lease and the exclusive option to purchase the building.

(a) Is the act of the President valid? Why or why not?

(b) Will a suit to enforce the exclusive right of the investors to purchase the property prosper? Reason briefly.

IX.(5%)On December 4, 2003, RED Corporation executed a real estate mortgage in favor of BLUE Bank. RED Corporation defaulted in the payment of its loan.

Consequently, on June 4, 2004, BLUE Bank extrajudicially foreclosed the property. Being the highest bidder in the auction sale conducted, the Bank was issued a Certificate of Sale which was registered on August 4, 2004.

Does RED Corporation still have the right to redeem the property as of September 14, 2007? Reason briefly.

XII.(5%)Seeking to streamline its operations and to bail out its losing ventures, the stockholders of X Corporation unanimously adopted a proposal to sell substantially all of the machineries and equipment used in and about its manufacturing business and to sink the proceeds of the sale for the expansion of its cargo transport services.

(a) Would the transaction be covered by the provisions of the Bulk Sales Law?